Improvement in paper-files



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N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHUGRAPH attent @time AUGUSTUS DAY, OF DETROIT, ilIICHIG-AN.

Letters Patent N o. 104,122, dated Jun-e 14, 1870; anteduted May 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-FILES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To who-m it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS DA1', of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ot' Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Iaper- Files; and I qdo hereby declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part ot' this specification.

The nature of this invention relates to an improved construction of paper-files, and consists in attaching to the shoulders ot' a central shaft, overv which are stretched a suitable number of wires, a cap and haudlc, whose sockets are of such depth that, Vwhen placed on the ends of the shaft, their inner ends willbe Hush with lthe shoulders, and form a support for the paper.

In the drawing- A represents a shaft of wood, the hotly of which is turned down, leaving the shoulders a and a at the ends.

A continuous wire, b, secured to a pin, c, at one end, is stretched'and wound over the ends ofthe shaft, at regular intervals apart, to the requisite extent, p which may be twelve times, it' the periodical to be tiled be a monthly, or fifty-two, if to ile a weekly paper.

B is a handle, and C a cap, whose sockets are of such dept-h that, when placed in their proper positions on the shoulders a and a', their inner edges will be Hush with those of said shoulders, thus forming a broader rest, and giving ample support, particularly to the lower edges of the papers on tile, while, at the same time, they give a finished appearance to the rod, and furnish a handle for the same. p

I am aware that paper-tiles constructed of wires wound on a shaft at regular intervals apart, and that wires similarly arranged on reading-tables, are not new, and disclaim the invention of such; but

What I do claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

YThe shoulders al a', in combination with the wire b, the shaft A, the handle B, and cap C, when constructed and operating as above described.

AUGUSTUS DAY.

Witnesses:

JAs. I. DAY, H. F. EBEn'rs. 

